Flier for spinning-frames and twisting-frames.



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FLIBR FOR SPINNING FRAMES AND TWISTING FRAMES.

. AHLIOATION FILED AY 5, 1905.

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FLIER FOR SPINNING-FRAMES AND TWlSTlNG-FRAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1906.

Application filed May 5,1905. Serial No. 258,972.

To (all ZU/I/(NTY/ it may concern: Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. YOUNG,a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Northampton, inthe county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have inventeda new and useful Flier for Spinning-Frames and Twisting-Frames, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices associated with thespools of either spinning or twisting frames for silk, cotton, flax,linen, &c., one such device being mounted above the spool on eachspindle of the machine to receive and guide the thread after it leavesthe spool and to assist in the twisting operation.

My device comprises a frame of peculiar construction on a suitablecarrier, such frame being provided with either one or two arms with aneye or eyes therein and having an eye or eyes at the top and being bentand twisted into shape and caused to maintain its shape by means ofrings, as hereinafter set forth. The frame is loose on the carrier. Thecarrier may be made of wood, metal, or any other material suitable forthe purpose, while the frame and rings are preferably formed of wlre.

The object of my invention is to provide a light and sensitive butdurable device of the class specified which is comparativelyinexpensive, easily handled, and entirely practicable and eflicient inevery particular. I attain this object by the means illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a double-armflier embodying my invention; Fig. 2, an elevation of a similar flier,except that there is only one arm; Fig. 3, a plan view of one of therings employed to form the hubs of the frame; and Fig. 4 an elevation,reduced, of the double-arm flier shown mounted on a spindle above thespool, the lower part of said spindle being broken off.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, it will be observed that a carrier 0. isprovided, upon which is loosely mounted a skeleton frame I). Thiscarrier has a tapered passage 0 extending longitudinally through thesame to receive a spindle of the machine, as will be more fullyexplained hereinafter, and said carrier is provided at the ends withupper and lower bearings d, upon which the frame I) is ournaled. Whenthe carrier a is made of wood, the bearing portions thereof should bebound with metal to better withstand the wear of the frame-hubs. Theshape of the carrier between the bearings d is not of great importance,except that the body'of the carrier adjacent said bearings should belarger than the bearings themselves, so that the frame cannot fly off ofthe carrier, and of such shape as to permit of free rotation orindependent action of one member without the other. My carrier is reallya combined flierblock and mill-nut.

The frame I) is provided with two hubs 6, adapted to be mounted on thebearings d of the carrier a, and has either one or two arms f with aneye g in the outer end of each, such arm or arms springing from thelower part of said frame and the eye or eyes h at the top. Of course theshape of the frame, with its arms, may vary considerably; but whenformed out of a single wire, as illustrated in the drawings, and mountedon such a carrier as is there shown the outlines therein appearing arevery satisfactory. The hubs e are loose on the bearings (I, thusenabling the frame to remain stationary while the carrier revolves or tobe rotated in an opposite direction to that of the carrier.

The hubs e consist of independent rings, preferably having offsets '1',i in opposite sides thereof (best shown in Fig. 3) to receive theadjacent portions of the frame, and in any event the rings must besoldered or otherwise fastened to or connected with contiguous parts ofthe frame in such a manner that they cannot move up and down thereon.

In practice the flier operates with a spool, both the carrier of theflier and the spool being mounted on a revoluble spindle and rotatingtherewith. In Fig. 4 the upper part of a tapered spindle 7c is shown,upon which a spool Z is mounted, and above said spool is the flier..Thread m is wound on the spool, and one end of the thread is. led fromthe spool up through the eye gin one of the arms f and through theassociated eye It and thence to another section or mechanism of themachine to which belongs the mechanism just described. Both the spool Zand the carrier a are tight on the spindle la and revolve therewith, asalready noted, and the frame I) is normally rotated by reason of thefrictional ICC contact between the same and its carrier and the forceexerted by the thread which passes through certain of the eyes in saidframe. When, however, it is desired to stop the flier for any reasonwhile the machine is running, said flier can be grasped by the hand andheld stationary as long as may be necessary. This handling of the flieris often required when a thread breaks in order to rethread the flier,or, in other words, to pass the broken end of the thread through thelower and upper eyes on one side thereof.

The double-arm construction as compared with the single-arm constructionnot only preserves a more even balance, thus facilitatmg freedom ofrotation, but affords better means for grasping the flier with the handand always presents an eye at the bottom for the thread regardless ofwhichever side of the frame is seized.

It will be obvious to one skilled in the art that my flier may bechanged more or less to adapt it to different machines and for diiferentuses, all without departing from the nature of my invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a flier, with a carrier adapted to be tightlymounted on a spindle and provided with end bearings, of a twosided framehaving eyes for thread and bends adjacent to such bearings, andindependent rings forming hubs for said bearings, such rings beingconnected with and confining the sides of the frame at the bendstherein.

2. The combination, in a flier, with a carrier adapted to be tightlymounted on a spindle and provided with end bearings, of a frame havingeyes for thread, and independent rings forming hubs for such bearings,such rings having oppositely-disposed offsets adapted to receive thesides of the frame and to be connected therewith.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH H. YOUNG Witnesses:

J. .M. SrERNs, F. A. CUTTER.

